Multiple NAICS Codes with Different Size Standards – When more than one NAICS code is appropriate and one NAICS code qualifies as a small business and the other NAICS code is a large business, a separate Size Classification Form is required for the small business NAICS codes and another form for the large business NAICS codes.

Small Business - Business size standards are established by the Small Business Administration on an industry-by-industry basis and are provided in detail in 13 CFR Part 121 (see FAR 19.101 and FAR 19.102). SBA regulations provide that a company is small if it does not exceed the size standard for the NAICS code for that product or service.

A concern, including its affiliates, that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria of 13 CFR part 121.

Must be organized for profit. (Not-for-profit concerns and governmental agencies are ineligible to be considered a small business)

Together with its affiliates meets the size standard for the NAICS Code industry of the product or service it is providing.

Foreign-owned concerns can be considered small businesses if they:

have a place of business located in the US, or

operate primarily in the US, or

make a significant contribution to the US economy by paying US taxes or using American products or materials or labor.

Large Business - A business that does not meet the criteria of a Small Business (as defined by the Small Business Administration and FAR Part 19) is considered to be a Large Business. Not-for-profit businesses and governmental agencies are classified as Large Businesses.

Business Type Classification Definitions

Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) - Minimum 51% owned, controlled, and operated day-to-day by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged individual or individuals. May be Section 8(a)-certified per 13 CFR 124.1002. Small Disadvantaged Ethnicity definitions include the following categories: African American, Hispanic American, Native American (American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, Native Hawaiian), Asian-Pacific American, and Asian-Indian American

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) - Institutions determined by the Secretary of Education to meet the requirements of 34 CFR Section 608.2 (see DFARS 226.7000). The term also means a nonprofit research institution that was an integral part of such a college or university before November 14, 1986.

Minority Institutions (MIs) - Institutions meeting the requirements of Section 1046(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1135d-5(3)). The term also includes Hispanic-serving institutions as defined in Section 316(b) (1) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c (b)(1)).

HUBZone small business concern - a small business concern that appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration. (see - http://www.sba.gov/hubzone)

Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) - a small business concern which is:

At least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and

Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.

Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) - a small business concern which is:

At least 51 percent owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101 or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and

The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) - a small business concern which is:

At least 51 percent owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and

The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.

Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).

Submission of the Business Size/Type Classification Form does not constitute approval of your firm as an Integrys Supplier nor obligate Integrys to solicit request for quotation.

The data on this form will be used to evaluate the potential of your firm as an Integrys Supplier and if procurement does occur, provide the proper classification of the Integrys spend with your business.

Contact Information - Conduct and Performance Issues

Concerns, comments and questions related to the Integrys Energy Services, Inc. Supplier Diversity Program should be directed to: